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Division of labor and fitness decoupling in evolutionary transitions in individuality
(2022). Division of labor and fitness decoupling in evolutionary transitions in individuality. In M. Herron, W. C. Ratcliff, & P. L. Conlin (Eds.),
The Evolution of Multicellularity
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Guilhem Doulcier
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Katrin Hammerschmidt
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Pierrick Bourrat
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The arithmetic mean of what? A Cautionary Tale about the Use of the Geometric Mean as a Measure of Fitness
(2022). The arithmetic mean of what? A Cautionary Tale about the Use of the Geometric Mean as a Measure of Fitness.
Biology & Philosophy
, 37(2), 12.
Peter Takacs
,
Pierrick Bourrat
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Unifying heritability in evolutionary theory
(2022). Unifying heritability in evolutionary theory.
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
, 91, 201–210.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Grains of description in biological and cultural transmission
(2022). Grains of description in biological and cultural transmission.
Journal of Cognition and Culture
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Pierrick Bourrat
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Mathieu Charbonneau
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Beliefs about God, the Afterlife and Morality Support the Role of Supernatural Policing in Human Cooperation
(2011). Beliefs about God, the afterlife and morality support the role of supernatural policing in human cooperation.
Evolution and Human Behavior
, 32(1), 41–49.
Pierrick Bourrat
,
Quentin D. Atkinson
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Fitness: Static or dynamic?
(2021). Fitness: Static or dynamic?
European Journal for Philosophy of Science
, 11(4), 112.
Peter Takacs
,
Pierrick Bourrat
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Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality by Endogenization of Scaffolded Properties
(2022). Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality by Endogenization of Scaffolded Properties.
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
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Pierrick Bourrat
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Function, persistence, and selection: Generalizing the selected-effect account of function adequately
(2021). Function, persistence, and selection: Generalizing the selected-effect account of function adequately.
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
, 90, 61–67.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Facts, Conventions, and the Levels of Selection
(2021). Facts, Conventions, and the Levels of Selection (1st ed.).
Cambridge University Press
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Pierrick Bourrat
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Heritability, causal influence and locality
(2021). Heritability, causal influence and locality.
Synthese
, 198, 6689–6715.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Measuring Causal Invariance Formally
(2021). Measuring Causal Invariance Formally.
Entropy
, 23(6), 690.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality: A formal analysis
(2021). Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality: A formal analysis.
Synthese
, 198, 3699–3731.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Fidelity and the grain problem in cultural evolution
(2021). Fidelity and the grain problem in cultural evolution.
Synthese
, 199(3–4), 5815–5836.
Mathieu Charbonneau
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Pierrick Bourrat
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Taming Fitness: Organism-Environment Interdependencies Preclude Long-Term Fitness Forecasting
(2021). Taming Fitness: Organism-Environment Interdependencies Preclude Long-Term Fitness Forecasting.
BioEssays
, 43(1).
Guilhem Doulcier
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Peter Takacs
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Pierrick Bourrat
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Supernatural Beliefs and the Evolution of Cooperation
(2021). Supernatural Beliefs and the Evolution of Cooperation. In J. R. Liddle & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.),
The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Religion
(pp. 296–314).
Pierrick Bourrat
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Viciana, Hugo
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Causation and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Heritability
(2020). Causation and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Heritability.
Philosophy of Science
, 87(5), 1073–1083.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Natural selection and the reference grain problem
(2020). Natural selection and the reference grain problem.
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
, 80, 1–8.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Ecological scaffolding and the evolution of individuality: The transition from cells to multicellular life
Ecological scaffolding and the evolution of individuality: The transition from cells to multicellular life.
Nature Ecology & Evolution
, 4(3), 426–436.
Andrew J. Black
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Pierrick Bourrat
,
Paul B. Rainey
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Evolution is about Populations, but its Causes are about Individuals
(2019). Evolution is about Populations, but its Causes are about Individuals.
Biological Theory
, 14(4), 254–266.
Pierrick Bourrat
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In what sense can there be evolution by natural selection without perfect inheritance?
(2019). In what sense can there be evolution by natural selection without perfect inheritance?
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
, 32(1), 13–31.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Genetic Relatedness
(2019). Genetic Relatedness. In T. K. Shackelford & V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science
(pp. 1–4).
Pierrick Bourrat
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Adaptations: Product of Evolution
(2019). Adaptations: Product of Evolution. In T. K. Shackelford & V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science (pp. 1–4).
Springer International Publishing
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Pierrick Bourrat
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Have Causal Claims About the Gut Microbiome Been Over-Hyped?
(2018). Have Causal Claims About the Gut Microbiome Been Over-Hyped?
BioEssays
, 40(12), 1800178.
Pierrick Bourrat
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On Calcott’s permissive and instructive cause distinction
(2019). On Calcott’s permissive and instructive cause distinction.
Biology & Philosophy
, 34(1), 1.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Variation of information as ameasure of one-to-one causal specificity
(2018). Variation of information as a measure of one-to-one causal specificity.
European Journal for Philosophy of Science
, 9(1), 11.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Natural selection and drift as individual-level causes of evolution
(2018). Natural selection and drift as individual-level causes of evolution.
Acta Biotheoretica
, 66(3), 159–176.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Multispecies individuals
(2018). Multispecies individuals.
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
, 40(2).
Pierrick Bourrat
,
Paul E. Griffiths
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The Evolutionary Gene and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis
(2017). The evolutionary gene and the extended evolutionary synthesis.
The British Journal For The Philosophy of Science
, 69(3), 775–800.
Pierrick Bourrat
,
Qiaoying Lu
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Replication and Reproduction
(2018). Replication and Reproduction. In E. N. Zalta (Ed.),
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Review of: Jablonka and Lamb, Inheritance Systems and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis by Eva Jablonka and Marion Lamb
(2021). Review of: Jablonka and Lamb, Inheritance Systems and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis by Eva Jablonka and Marion Lamb.
BSPS
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Pierrick Bourrat
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Review of Biological Individuality: Integrating Scientific, Philosophical, and Historical Perspectives by Scott Nyhart
(2017). Review of Biological Individuality: Integrating Scientific, Philosophical, and Historical Perspectives by Scott Nyhart.
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
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Pierrick Bourrat
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Why the missing heritability might not be in the DNA
(2017). Why the missing heritability might not be in the DNA.
BioEssays
, 39(7).
Pierrick Bourrat
,
Qiaoying Lu
,
Eva Jablonka
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The Idea of Mismatch in Evolutionary Medicine
(in press). The Idea of Mismatch in Evolutionary Medicine.
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
.
Pierrick Bourrat
,
Paul Griffiths
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Explaining Drift from a Deterministic Setting
(2017). Explaining drift from a deterministic setting.
Biological Theory
, 12(1), 27–38.
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Evolutionary transitions in heritability and individuality
(2019). Evolutionary transitions in heritability and individuality.
Theory in Biosciences
, 138(2), 305–323.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Dissolving the missing heritability problem
(2017). Dissolving the missing heritability problem.
Philosophy of Science
, 84(5), 1055–1067.
Pierrick Bourrat
,
Qiaoying Lu
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Review of Evolution by Natural Selection: Confidence, Evidence and the Gap, by Michaelis Michael
(2017). Review of Evolution by Natural Selection: Confidence, Evidence and the Gap, by Michaelis Michael.
Australasian Journal of Philosophy
, 95(4), 816–819.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Interpreting Heritability Causally
(2017). Interpreting Heritability Causally.
Philosophy of Science
, 84(1), 14–34.
Kate E. Lynch
,
Pierrick Bourrat
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Generalizing Contextual Analysis
(2016). Generalizing Contextual Analysis.
Acta Biotheoretica
, 64(2), 197–217.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Séléction Naturelle
(2016). Séléction Naturelle. In M. Kristanek (Ed.),
Encyclopédie Philosophique
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Pierrick Bourrat
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Distinguishing natural selection from other evolutionary processes in the evolution of altruism
(2015). Distinguishing natural selection from other evolutionary processes in the evolution of altruism.
Biological Theory
, 10(4), 311–321.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Levels of selection are artefacts of different fitness temporal measures
(2015). Levels of selection are artefacts of different fitness temporal measures.
Ratio
, 28(1), 40–50.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Origins and evolution of religion from a Darwinian point of view: Synthesis of different theories
(2015). Origins and evolution of religion from a Darwinian point of view: Synthesis of different theories. In T. Heams, P. Huneman, G. Lecointre, & M. Silberstein (Eds.),
Handbook of Evolutionary Thinking in the Sciences
(pp. 761–780).
Pierrick Bourrat
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Levels, time and fitness in evolutionary transitions in individuality
(2015). Levels, time and fitness in evolutionary transitions in individuality.
Philosophy & Theory in Biology
, 7.
Pierrick Bourrat
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How to Read ‘Heritability’ in the Recipe Approach to Natural Selection
(2015). How to Read ‘Heritability’ in the Recipe Approach to Natural Selection.
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
, 66(4), 883–903.
Pierrick Bourrat
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From Survivors to Replicators: Evolution by Natural Selection Revisited
(2014). From survivors to replicators: Evolution by natural selection revisited.
Biology & Philosophy
, 29(4), 517–538.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Small things, big consequences: Microbiological perspectives on biology
(2013). Small things, big consequences: Microbiological perspectives on biology. In K. Kampourakis (Ed.),
The Philosophy of Biology
, (pp. 373–394).
Michael J. Duncan
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Pierrick Bourrat
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Jennifer DeBerardinis
,
Maureen A. O’Malley
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L’évolution de la religion d’un point de vue darwinien: Synthèse des différentes théories
L’évolution de la religion d’un point de vue darwinien: Synthèse des différentes théories. In T. Heams, P. Huneman, G. Lecointre, & M. Silberstein (Eds.),
Les Mondes Darwiniens
(pp. 1125–1258).
Pierrick Bourrat
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Supernatural Punishment and Individual Social Compliance across Cultures
(2011). Supernatural punishment and individual social compliance across cultures.
Religion, Brain & Behavior
, 2(1), 119–134.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Quentin D. Atkinson
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Robin I.M. Dunbar
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Surveillance Cues Enhance Moral Condemnation
(2011). Surveillance cues enhance moral condemnation.
Evolutionary Psychology
, 9(2), 193–199.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Nicolas Baumard
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Ryan McKay
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Is God an Adaptation? Essay Review on The Evolution of God, by Robert Wright
(2011). Is God an Adaptation? Essay Review on The Evolution of God, by Robert Wright.
Philosophia
, 39(2), 397–408.
Pierrick Bourrat
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Hugo Viciana
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